Materials on birds of the western part of Kirovograd region in the summer-autumn period

Materials on birds of the western part of Kirovograd region in the summer-autumn period. - Yu.O. Andryushchenko, S.V. Domashevsky, A.M. Fedun, O.M. Osmachko, S.V. Pasichnyk †. - Berkut. 34 (1). 2025. - General information about the birds based on daily records at 14 stationary vantage points in August – November 2024 is presented. The number and regularity of occurrence of 122 species of birds were determined, 103 of which were recorded at vantage points and 19 – outside them. Twenty-five species were recorded regularly (their numbers hardly fluctuated during the study), thirteen species were recorded irregularly (whose numbers were growing significantly, mostly due to transit individuals), and sixty-five species – occasionally. The most abundant species recorded at the vantage points throughout the study were: Fringilla coelebs – 298.4 ind./day, Columba palumbus – 253.1 ind./day, Sturnus vulgaris – 94.9 ind./day, Carduelis carduelis – 52.3 ind./day, Parus major – 23.5 ind./day, Passer montanus – 21.7 ind./day, and among the species observed for 20–50 days: Hirundo rustica – 294.0 ind./day, Merops apiaster – 101.2 ind./day, Alauda arvensis – 35.7 ind./day, Fringilla montifringilla – 17.2 ind./day, Anthus cervinus – 16.4 ind./day. The dynamics of the number of the most numerous species that regularly occurred throughout the study was estimated. The directions and altitudes of flights of some Gaviiformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiformes, Anseriformes, Falconiformes and Gruiformes were determined. [Ukrainian].